State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,226 Idaho births in 1918 across 376 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Idaho more than they say America.

#43Keithoutside the national top 200
#60Grantoutside the national top 200
#63Bethoutside the national top 200
#72Melbaoutside the national top 200
#74Donnaoutside the national top 200
#77Altaoutside the national top 200
#78Ellisoutside the national top 200
#67Dean#189 nationally
#43Fern#164 nationally
#83Rexoutside the national top 200
#84Vernoutside the national top 200
#49Delbert#164 nationally

Girls

#1Mary214US #1
#2Helen168US #2
#3Dorothy165US #3
#4Ruth155US #5
#5Margaret112US #4
#6Virginia69US #7
#7Mildred68US #6
#8Evelyn61US #11
#9Alice59US #13
#10Doris59US #19
#11Marjorie59US #34
#12Florence56US #14
#13June55US #66
#14Thelma55US #32
#15Frances52US #8
#16Edith51US #30
#17Gladys48US #22
#18Maxine47US #87
#19Lois45US #42
#20Ruby45US #27
#21Elizabeth44US #9
#22Lucille44US #29
#23Edna43US #23
#24Marie42US #12
#25Ethel40US #28
#26Martha40US #25
#27Betty39US #21
#28Irene38US #16
#29Norma38US #98
#30Esther36US #38
#31Jean36US #37
#32Wanda36US #128
#33Hazel34US #33
#34Pauline34US #35
#35Bernice32US #41
#36Grace32US #31
#37Vivian29US #72
#38Anna28US #10
#39Wilma28US #82
#40Clara27US #43
#41Barbara26US #60
#42Bertha26US #51
#43Fern26US #164
#44Louise26US #18
#45Violet26US #83
#46Laura25US #64
#47Lillian25US #15
#48Nellie25US #65
#49Vera25US #68
#50Ellen24US #92
#51Katherine24US #50
#52Myrtle24US #62
#53Opal24US #94
#54Elsie23US #49
#55Emma22US #46
#56Eva22US #55
#57Ida22US #57
#58Kathryn22US #63
#59Velma22US #103
#60Josephine21US #24
#61Leona21US #79
#62Mabel21US #74
#63Beth20
#64Georgia20US #107
#65Juanita20US #85
#66Mae20US #95
#67Phyllis20US #80
#68Verna20US #125
#69Geraldine19US #77
#70Lorraine19US #69
#71Marian18US #76
#72Melba18
#73Blanche17US #96
#74Donna17
#75Erma17US #153
#76Gertrude17US #39
#77Alta16
#78Charlotte16US #78
#79Jane16US #53
#80Marguerite16US #86
#81Eleanor15US #26
#82Genevieve15US #81
#83Jennie15US #91
#84Roberta15US #142
#85Rose15US #17
#86Verla15
#87Viola15US #59
#88Agnes14US #47
#89Marion14US #45
#90Pearl14US #56
#91Sarah14US #52
#92Ann13US #44
#93Beulah13US #104
#94Catherine13US #20
#95Lola13US #146
#96Rita13US #58
#97Ada12US #123
#98Audrey12US #118
#99Della12US #177
#100Elaine12US #152

Boys

#1Robert214US #4
#2John190US #1
#3William158US #2
#4James131US #3
#5Charles114US #5
#6George113US #6
#7Jack94US #21
#8Harold88US #13
#9Donald85US #18
#10Frank67US #9
#11Richard58US #12
#12Earl57US #31
#13Kenneth57US #27
#14Arthur52US #17
#15Clarence51US #23
#16Walter46US #11
#17Howard45US #26
#18Joseph44US #7
#19Edward42US #8
#20Paul42US #14
#21Raymond42US #15
#22Roy41US #32
#23Thomas41US #10
#24David40US #28
#25Ralph40US #22
#26Glen37US #125
#27Albert36US #19
#28Harry35US #20
#29Wayne34US #91
#30Elmer33US #44
#31Melvin33US #56
#32Lloyd32US #51
#33Carl30US #25
#34Lawrence29US #38
#35Herbert28US #40
#36Vernon28US #66
#37Ray27US #69
#38Clyde26US #67
#39Fred26US #33
#40Floyd25US #61
#41Dale24US #111
#42Henry24US #16
#43Keith24
#44Leonard24US #41
#45Clifford23US #60
#46Eugene23US #35
#47Louis22US #24
#48Norman22US #49
#49Delbert21US #164
#50Ernest21US #37
#51Lester21US #62
#52Willard21US #83
#53Glenn20US #84
#54Gordon20US #85
#55Lee20US #86
#56Don19US #153
#57Everett19US #93
#58Leo19US #48
#59Gerald18US #72
#60Grant18
#61Marion18US #107
#62Russell18US #50
#63Stanley18US #36
#64Alfred17US #42
#65Douglas17US #115
#66Francis17US #30
#67Dean16US #189
#68Harvey16US #88
#69Joe16US #34
#70Max16US #106
#71Samuel16US #43
#72Wallace16US #124
#73Woodrow16US #58
#74Allen15US #98
#75Alvin15US #80
#76Cecil15US #82
#77Chester15US #54
#78Ellis15
#79Herman15US #65
#80Ivan15US #177
#81Lewis15US #74
#82Lyle15US #145
#83Rex15
#84Vern15
#85Warren15US #90
#86Wesley15US #137
#87Homer14US #100
#88Milton14US #76
#89Virgil14US #99
#90Eldon13
#91Jay13US #185
#92Wilson13US #122
#93Bill12US #143
#94Edwin12US #55
#95Leslie12US #102
#96Ross12
#97Victor12US #63
#98Archie11US #138
#99Bruce11US #146
#100Hugh11US #112

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑40Vernon#36
↑39Keith#43
↑37Martha#26
↑37Lee#55
↑35Velma#59
↑34Elsie#54
↑34Clyde#38
↑33Lester#51

Falling

↓49Beulah#93
↓47Ada#97
↓47Edwin#94
↓45Pearl#90
↓43Rose#85
↓43Victor#97
↓41Chester#77
↓39Joe#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.